Shoe making or repairing apparatus



Nov. 20, 1928. 1,692,623

5. w. BURTCHAELL SHOE MAKING 0R REPAIRING APPARATUS Filed Sept. 27, 1927 dam/ WW- ATTORNE Y.

Patented Nov. 20, 1928 UNITED STATES BAITIEL W. BURQDCIHZAILL, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

saga MAKING oe asremme APPARATUS;

Application fled September 27,1927. SeriaI'No. 222,241.

The present invention relates to improvements in apparatus employed in making or repairing boots, shoes or other foot wear,

and more particularly to the construction of a what is commonly termed a. shoemakers jack.

One of the principal objects-of this invention is to provide a jack which is so formed as to enable the workman to have handy, at

all times, means for overlying the article,

10 mounted on the last for holding the article and last in co-operating relation, and the last on the jack; to provide the above type of mechanism which when not in use is conveniently carried by the jack and is adapted for ready positioning into operative relation.

A further object is to provide in the jack body, near its upper end, suitable outwardly extending flanges, the ends of which overlap in spaced relation affording a recess for receiving the member which is adapted to be positioned to overlie the last and article thereon.

A further object is to form this recess and flanges so that the means which is carried thereby will not readily become detached therefrom, although admitting of the same being removed from the recess when the means is operated in a particular manner.

A further object is to provide a holding 30 means in the form preferably of a continuous open flexible elastic member of a length when received in the recess and stretched over the article on the last is adapted to hold the same to the last under tension.

The invention consists primarily in forming the jack body at either or both sides near its upper end with curved co-operating flanges or hook portions, the outer ends of which lie in spaced relation with the terminal 4 end of the up er hook portion projecting below and over ying the terminal end of the lower hook portion, affording a recess for receiving the elastic means for stretching over the article on the last.

With the above mentioned and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction within the scope of the claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrific- 1 invention.

ing anyofthe advantages of the invention. In the drawings- Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation, partly in section, of the preferredembodi-ment of my Fig.2 is a View in front elevation, with the parts n section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding partsthe numeral 1 indicates the upright or standard of a jack, in the present illustration the same being formed of the sections 2 and 3, the former being provided with the supporting flanges 4, and at its upper end with a socket 5. Into the socket 5 extends the cylindrical portion 6 projecting lineally from the end of the section 2, and a flange 7 surrounding the cylindrical portion 6 is adapted to rest on the upper edge of the portion 2 surrounding the socket 5. i

The upper edge of the section or portion 2 which, for purposes of description, may be termed the jack head, is fashioned in any suitable manner, as at 8, to receive and mount any suitable type of shoe last conventionally illustrated at 9. Over the last 9 is adapted to be positioned the article manufactured or under repair, and to hold the same in position on the last there is illustrated two band members 10, preferably of elastic construction.

At a point illustrated as immediately below the portion 8, the jack head 3 swells on opposite sides, aiiording recesses 11, opening at the opposite sides of the jack head through passages 12, the upper wall 13 of each recess projecting slightly below the upper end 14 of the lower wall of the corresponding recess. This wall construction precludes the accidental dropping of the members 10 from the recesses when received therein, and, in a measure, insures the members '10 when not in use being suspended by the jack head ready for positioning at any time.

The passages 12 enable the operator, if he so desires, to remove the members 10 from their respective recesses for replacement or repair purposes.

As illustrated, the members 10 may be independently moved into operative position to retain any portion of a shoe to the last, and when simultaneously used may be crossed as illustrated, or, as in dotted lines, may be uncrossed.

The jack head is capable of axial rotation on the portion 2, and to preclude the same from being accidently removed from the por tion 2, and. held in its adjusted, position of axial rotation, a lock screw 15 is provided.

I claim 1. A shoe making or repairing apparatus comprising a jack member provided in its side wall near its upper end with a recess, one of the recess forming walls terminating in a 1i overlapping the other in spaced relation, agording a contracted mouth forthe recess.

2. A shoe making or repairing apparatus comprising a last, a jack member, means at its upper end for mounting said last, a pair of looped flexible members for extending upwardly over the last, said jack provided with a plurality of recesses formed with contracted o enings, each for receiving one of ,said flexi le memhers for holding the same under tension when extended over said last.

3. A shoe making or repairing apparatus comprising a last, a jack member, means at its upper end for mounting said last, a pair of looped flexible elastic members for extending upwardly over the last, and means carried by the jack for engagement by said flex ible members for holding the same under tension when extended over said last.

In testimony {whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

SAMUEDW. BURTCHAELL. 

